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Women!
Shan
Women! is a long novel about women. The main character, Shan, believes the women in her life are 'willing slaves of the West'. The book takes the form of a memoir but is considered a novel due to the potential unreliability of human memories. Shan takes the reader on a bumpy ride through the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Japan, and Australia over sixty-six years.
Women! consists of 3 Books:
Book 1: Crying Mothers
Book 2: The Spirit of the Fox
Book 3: Journey to the Edge
The three books
Book 1: Crying Mothers
In "Crying Mothers" Shan describes a childhood and coming of age against the background of the Summer of Love in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Book 2: The Spirit of the Fox
In The Spirit of the Fox, Shan unravels the traumas of childhood with her American psychiatrist, Doctor Vossberg in Tokyo. Vossberg is not licenced to prescribe medication in Japan. They must walk through the storm unarmed. Vossberg refers her to the Zen practitioner and 'nun in the wild', Tomato-Chan.
Book 3: Journey to the Edge
In Book 3 of Women!; Journey to the Edge, Shan travels to the edge and settles in Alice Springs, Central Australia.